Glossary: Numerics
24p
24-fps progressive media. The Avid system creates 24p media by combining (deinterlacing) two video fields into a single full, reconstructed frame. For NTSC film-to-tape transfers, the system creates 24p media by undoing the 2:3 pulldown inserted by the telecine process, removing the extra fields, and creating progressive frames.
25p
25-fps progressive media. The Avid system creates 25p media by combining (deinterlacing) two video fields into a single full, reconstructed progressive frame.
1394
See IEEE Standard 1394.
2:3 pulldown
See pulldown.
3/4-inch U-matic
One of the first composite videocassette formats, in which the composite signal is recorded onto 3/4-inch tape. Used for many years, particularly in field recording, the U-matic format is slowly being replaced by more advanced and lightweight systems.
4:2:2 digital video
A digital video system defined by the ITU-R 601 (CCIR-601) technical documentation. 4:2:2 refers to the comparative ratio of sampling of the three components of the video signal: luminance and two color channels.

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